{"id":3621,"date":"2014-03-26T15:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T04:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2014-03-29T17:36:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T06:36:47","slug":"trend-micro-warns-low-tech-phishing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/trend-micro-warns-low-tech-phishing-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Trend Micro warns of low-tech phishing scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3622 alignleft\" alt=\"phonescam\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam-300x294.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam-56x55.jpg 56w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/phonescam.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Cyber criminals<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0want to steal your information&#8230;and if they already have it they\u2019ll use it to try and grab your hard earned cash. \u00a0You might expect this in the form of a fake shopping website or malicious software download, but sometimes their efforts are surprisingly low-tech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Internet security company Trend Micro warns that a<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.trendmicro.com\/trendlabs-security-intelligence\/phone-phishing-data-breaches-and-banking-scams\/\"> phone call out of the blue<\/a> that appears to be from your bank reporting suspicious transactions on your credit card could in fact be from someone who is actually<em> fishing<\/em> for just a bit more of your personal information to give them access to your account.<\/p>\n<p>These calls can sound quite convincing and can cause a lot of problems but if you\u2019re not 100 percent sure then it\u2019s best to hang up and call your bank back on their official customer service number.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You can read more about these phone scams <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.trendmicro.com\/trendlabs-security-intelligence\/phone-phishing-data-breaches-and-banking-scams\/\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber criminals\u00a0want to steal your information&#8230;and if they already have it they\u2019ll use it to try and grab your hard earned cash. \u00a0You might expect this in the form of a fake shopping website or malicious software download, but sometimes their efforts are surprisingly low-tech. Internet security company Trend Micro warns that a phone call out of the blue that<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/trend-micro-warns-low-tech-phishing-scams\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[885,886,690],"class_list":["post-3621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-banking","tag-phishing","tag-scams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trend Micro warns of low-tech phishing scams - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/trend-micro-warns-low-tech-phishing-scams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trend Micro warns of low-tech phishing scams - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cyber criminals\u00a0want to steal your information&#8230;and if they already have it they\u2019ll use it to try and grab your hard earned cash. \u00a0You might expect this in the form of a fake shopping website or malicious software download, but sometimes their efforts are surprisingly low-tech. 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